Shadow Priest

2v2
60 players
Last Updated: 1 day ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Shadow Priest on the 2v2 leaderboard. The data on this page is updated every 24 hours in order for the data to be as relevant as possible.

This page only shows what the best players in the world are using. This might not apply to every skill bracket in Mythic+. Use this page as the starting point of your journey, and don’t be afraid to stray away from what is presented on this page!

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Players

See a short summary of the highest rated players in this category

Talents

See what the most popular talents are for every dungeon and raid boss

Stat Priority

See what the most important secondary stats are

Races

Find out what the best races for both Horde and Alliance are

Best Items

Scroll through the best items for each armor and weapon slot

Sockets

Discover what gems you should add to your armor

Embellishments

See what the most popular embellishments are for your class

Enchants

See what the best enchants to add to your armor are

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Stunsilence

<dgb>Sargeras (us)

2610

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Darthlie

<SHUFFLE POLICE>Draenor (eu)

2601

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Envyion

<dgb>Sargeras (us)

2573

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Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Shadow Priest is

Haste > Versatility > Mastery > Critical Strike

PrimarySecondary

Best Races

The best race for a Shadow Priest for the Alliance is Night Elf and for the Horde is Undead

BothAllianceHorde

Best Items

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Trinket Combinations

85% of the best players use this combination

Astral Gladiator's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 55 primary stat for 20 sec.

3% of the best players use this combination

Azhiccaran Parapodia

Equip: Your damaging spells have a chance to attract mites to feast on your target, inflicting up to 3,397 Shadow damage over 5 sec. Well-fed mites share their meal with you, each increasing your Intellect by 42 for 30 sec.

Signet of the Priory

Use: Raise your signet to the Light, increasing your highest secondary stat by 196 for 20 sec. Your act inspires nearby signetbearers within your party, granting them 5 of the same stat for 20 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

2% of the best players use this combination

Araz's Ritual Forge

Use: Recklessly feed a portion of your essence to the forge, granting you 192 Intellect decaying over 30 sec at the cost of 15% of your maximum health. (2 Min Cooldown)

Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to let loose a nascent empowerment from the crystal, increasing a random secondary stat by 116 for 20 sec.

Best Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Shadow Priest is Quick Sapphire

Quick Sapphire

28%

+10 Versatility and +3 Haste

Versatile Emerald

23%

+10 Haste and +3 Versatility

Versatile Onyx

15%

+147 Mastery and +49 Versatility

Best Embellishments

Embellishments are specific abilities that can be added onto a piece of gear or weapons to add an equip bonus. The most popular embellishment for a Shadow Priest is Elemental Focusing Lens on a Ring 1 item

Elemental Focusing Lens

143%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to deal 724 damage to your target. The magic school chosen is based upon your selection of socketed Khaz Algar gems.

Ring 143%
Ring 237%
Neck10%
Feet7%
Head1%
Waist1%

Energy Redistribution Beacon

38%

Equip: While above 80% health, direct healing you do also redistributes up to 2% of your health to your target.

Ring 143%
Ring 239%
Legs4%
Neck4%
Feet4%
Waist4%

Writhing Armor Banding

Equip: Embrace the darkness. Double the effects of your other Nerubian embellished item, positive and negative.

Wrist80%
Waist20%

Best Enchants

Percentages are calculated in relation to 50 players. If an enchant has a value of more than 100%, it means the enchant is found more than 50 times. This usually happens when the same enchant is applied to both rings.

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Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

75%

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 12 Speed and causing the cooldown of your Hearthstone to recover 15% faster while in Khaz Algar. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Chant of Leeching Fangs

Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 47 Leech and heal for 1,527 every 5 sec while out of combat. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Chest

Crystalline Radiance

55%

Permanently enchants a chestpiece with Earthen rune magic to increase your Intellect by 34. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Council's Intellect

43%

Permanently enchants a chestpiece to increase your Intellect by 24 and mana pool by 3%. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Feet

Scout's March

72%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a scout's swiftness, increasing Speed by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Defender's March

13%

Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a defender's tenacity, increasing Stamina by 41. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Legs

Sunset Spellthread

55%

Use: Apply Sunset Spellthread to your leggings, permanently increasing its Intellect by 8 and Stamina by 8.

Daybreak Spellthread

42%

Use: Apply Daybreak Spellthread to your leggings, permanently increasing its Intellect by 930 and increasing the wearer's maximum mana by 5%.

Main Hand

Authority of Radiant Power

53%

Permanently enchants a weapon with the Authority of Radiant Power. Dealing damage has a chance to call upon that authority, smiting your target for 998 Radiant damage and temporarily increasing your Primary stat by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Oathsworn's Tenacity

23%

Permanently enchants a weapon to sometimes grant you Forged Tenacity, bestowing 21 Versatility to you for 12 sec. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Ring

+21 Versatility

72%

Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Versatility by 15. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

+21 Haste

50%

Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Haste by 15. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Wrist

+66 Speed

67%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 46 Speed. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

+135 Leech

13%

Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 94 Leech. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.

Talents

The new talent system is not as straight-forward as the talent systems from previous expansions. Many talents are situational, and choosing your talents should be done based on the content you are doing. This heat map will show what talents are must-picks, which ones are situational, and which ones are rarely chosen.

Colors

The colors indicate the popularity of the talent. The numbers below indicate the percentage of the top 50 players that have chosen this talent.

90% - 100% (best)
50% - 89% (good)
20% - 49% (situational)
0% - 19% (unpopular)

Talent Tree

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Best Class Talents

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Best PvP Talents

Phase Shift

80%

Step into the shadows when you cast Fade, avoiding all attacks and spells for 1 sec. Interrupt effects are not affected by Phase Shift.

Psyfiend

70%

Summons a Psyfiend with 1,222 health for 12 sec beside you to attack the target at range with Psyflay. Psyflay Deals up to 1% of the target's total health in Shadow damage every 0.9 sec. Also slows their movement speed by 50% and reduces healing received by 50%.

Cascading Horrors

40%

Void Eruption sends out slow-moving bolts of Shadow energy at random locations every 0.5 sec for 3 sec, dealing 291 Shadow damage to all targets within 8 yds, and causing them to flee in Horror for 2 sec.

Mind Trauma

13%

Siphon haste from enemies, stealing 2% haste per stack of Mind Trauma, stacking up to 9 times. Fully channeled Mind Flays grant 1 stack of Mind Trauma and fully channeled Void Torrents grant 3 stacks of Mind Trauma. Lasts 15 sec. You can only gain 3 stacks of Mind Trauma from a single enemy.

Psychic Shroud

13%

When your Psychic Scream affects 1 or more players, the next crowd control effect against you is prevented. Lasts 15 sec.

Driven to Madness

While Voidform is not active, being attacked will reduce the cooldown of Void Eruption by 3 sec.